He was honoured in a ceremony on Parliament Hill in January with the "To the Top Canada Award," for the way he learned to walk again after losing his legs. Trauner lost both legs while fighting in Afghanistan in 2008. And if you're not careful, you can fall," Trauner said. You have to focus on your movements, you have to focus on your actual brain co-ordination, and the treadmill is working against you, and it also kicks out your feet. "The screen feels like it's moving with you, the platform is moving underneath you. The real trick, though, is that he was doing this on two artificial legs. His challenge was to dodge the cars, while keeping his balance on the moving platform. Mike Trauner, who has used the system, described standing on a circular platform as a video screen sent images of speeding cars flying toward him. A new approach to treating wounded veterans returning from Afghanistan makes use of a state-of-the-art virtual reality lab financed by the Canadian Forces and installed at the Ottawa Hospital.
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